Improvement in heel-shaves



L. T. SNELL.

Heel-Shaves.

N0157. 300. Patented De -1.1874.

U ITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE,

LUTHER T. sNELL, on NEEDHAM, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT To JoHNJENNINGS, JR, OF NATIOK, MAssAoHUsETTs.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEEL-SHAVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,300, dated December1, 1874; application filed May 6, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER T. SNELL, of Needham, county of Norfolk andState of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Heel-Shaves, ofwhich the following is a specification:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an edge view, Fig. 2 is a bottom view, andFig. 3 is a top view, of a tool embodying my invention.

A is the body of the tool, and consists of the two handles unitedtogether by the forward part of the guard, the whole of the guard beingremoved except that portion which is next the edge of the blade. Thatpart of the guard which is thus removed constitutes a separate piece, B.formed as fully shown in the drawings, which serves not only to supportthe blade, but also (when secured in its place, as below described, andas shown in the drawings,) to take part of the strain which wouldotherwise fall wholly on that part of the guard which is in one piecewith the handles. This part B is secured rigidly to the I do not claim,broadly, the combination of the knife with the shave, so that it can beadjusted vertically or laterally, or both, as I am aware that this isold, as shown in the patents of Daws, Farnsworth, and Elliott; but myinvention consists in the combination, with the body of the tool, formedof the two handles connected together only by the forward part of theguard, of the part B by means of setscrews, the blade being secured inthe part B, whereby the blade, with the part B, may be readily removedand replaced without disturbing the vertical adjustment of the blade.The part B also serves to strengthen the shave, and is of greatconvenience as a holder for the blade in guiding it.

What I claim as my invention is In a heel-shave, the removableadjustable knife-holder B, secured at each end to the handles, andprovided with slotted arms to receive the knife, and set-screws toadjust and hold it in position,substantially as and for the purposestated.

LUTHER T. SNELL.

Witnesses GEo. M. BARKER, GEORGE L. SLEEPER.

